Charles Schwab Corporation (The) (SCHW) Stock

About Charles Schwab Corporation (The)

Charles Schwab Corporation (The) is led by CEO Richard Andrew Wurster, employs 32,100 people, headquartered in Westlake, US, publicly traded since 1987.

Charles Schwab Corporation (The) (SCHW) stock trades at $90.58 with a market capitalization of $156.64B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.94, price-to-book of 3.44, price-to-sales of 5.74. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $72.80 and $114.53, and currently trades 20.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.29%.

On profitability, Charles Schwab Corporation (The) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 20.40%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 2.60%, an operating margin of 43.04%, a net profit margin of 33.62%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Charles Schwab Corporation (The) reported annual revenue of $27.7B, net profit of $8.9B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 18.0%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 21.8%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.53, total assets of $491.0B, $46.0B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

SCHW has an average daily trading volume of 8,996,048 shares, a beta of 0.75 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Charles Schwab Corporation (The) by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Charles Schwab Corporation (The) reported revenue of $7.6B rising to $27.7B, a change of +261.8% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 18.0% a year over five years, 7.5% over three, 6.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $8.9B.

Operating margin went from 39.1% in 2016 to 41.4% in 2025, a gain of 2.3 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 33.62%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $30.0B and net profit $10.1B.

Borrowings rose from $2.9B to $31.0B, cash from operations was $9.3B in the latest year, positive in 9 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 14.5% over five years, and was 17.9% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 5.7% a year over five years, 20.4% over three, 5.4% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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